Meet the Baby Beavers, Squirrels and Ducklings Saved During Harvey

Just look at these little guys.

Humans weren’t the only Texans impacted by Harvey. Animals needed rescuing from the storm and ensuing flooding, too, and thankfully, professionals and volunteers stepped up to the plate for our furry friends. The Wildlife Center of Texas in Houston has responded to more than 1,000 rescue calls and has taken in more than 500 animals since the storm hit, caring for everything from baby squirrels to an endangered alligator snapping turtle.

Want to meet some more of the animals saved during Harvey? Of course you do. The following adorable photos and cute videos are courtesy of the Wildlife Center of Texas. Don’t miss the grand finale video, featuring two baby Texas squirrels wrasslin’. Yes, you heard us right.

Right here, it appears we have two baby beavers cuddling on a baby blue blanket. These fuzzballs are scientifically proven to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Also, look at that little baby beaver tail.

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

What could possibly be as cute as two cuddling baby beavers? Oh, I don’t know, how about a bottle-fed baby bunny?

Photograph by Elizabeth Gray

Look at this tiny squirrel getting his tiny little heart checked with a normal human-sized stethoscope. Hopefully this little guy’s ticker was ticking just fine, but I know mine is about to burst because of all the cuteness.

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

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Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

What could possibly be better than a baby opossum?

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

The only thing better than a baby opossum, of course, is THREE baby opossums.

It’s the Three Amigopossums! The Three MusCUTEers! The three… uh… cute opossums. (Opossum puns are tough, OK?)

Photograph by Steve Gonzales

This fuzzy mallard duckling appears to be completely unfazed even though it had to be rescued from a deadly storm.

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

Harvey may have canceled classes, but that certainly didn’t stop this little Cooper's hawk from having his school portrait taken.

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

When it rains, rabbits get wet, and somehow look even cuter than they do dry.

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

BONUS BABY BEAVER PIC!

Photograph courtesy of Wildlife Center of Texas

WARNING: the following video contains graphic cuteness, because it shows two baby Texas squirrels wrasslin’ with each other. In the paper towel corner, weighing 3.2 ounces and hailing from Houston, Texas, the lightweight champeen of the squirrel world, Conor McGregawww! And in the corner with what looks like it maybe has peanuts in it, at 3.4 ounces and also from Houston, Fuzz Mayweather! Oh god, look at them flop around on that blanket. Down goes Furryazier! Down goes Furryazier! Too cute, both of them win. TKO.

I hope the disaster will help people understand the importance of beavers to flood control and groundwater recharge, among other benefits. They are the original engineers, and they work for free. We just have to learn how to work with them instead of against them.